Victorious Combinations

Hey, we have a really busy week ahead of us and just wanted to share a few of the things going on! Tomorrow night we'll be performing live on the radio up at SFU on Sound Therapy Radio on CJSF  90.1FM.  The show is on at 7PM pacific time.  We'll be debuting our new song Hardly Spoken live on air,  plus two other favorites from Crumbling Hearts and some conversation about our new line up and what's coming up! If you miss that we are also appearing on Co-op radio 100.1FM at 3:30 on Wednesday afternoon.  I want to reveal our new amazing remix for Smoke and Choke as well as the other songs that will be included on our Rec:13 sampler for the show on May30th. Then we finally get to perform live on stage!  Thursday night is lining up to be our best show to date. We've got a new video to debut ( Smoke and Choke ), a fantastic set filled with four new songs, special effects and lighting lined up, and of course a brilliant line up to share the stage with t...

We wanted to do something a little different for our upcoming show at the Media Club on May 30th so we've decided to offer a small sampler of music from each of the artists involved!  It will be a small run of only 50 copies, with original artwork and new material from each band (all for five bucks).  Combine the Victorious will be offering two new tracks, and there will be songs from Marc Wild and Badgerchild as well.  This weekend I heard the new songs that Blank Cinema are contributing and was really impressed by them.  I think their song Destroy Together is an outstanding track!    Blank Cinema has been playing around Vancouver for a couple years now but this new material is the most focused I've heard to date.  Feeling really good about sharing the bill with these guys, it promises to be an excellent night of music!  Make sure you get there to see the entire show!  Doors at 8:30 performances begin at 9PM. Check them out over ...

Just wanted to leave a note stating how much fun we had at the "A Change of Frequency" festival on the weekend.  Both nights were good but Saturday was especially enjoyable for us! A positive, life-affirming event that brought together several generations of music lovers in a lovely venue all for a good cause (Canadian Mental Health Association).  Minna Simko did a brilliant job organizing the event and I think everyone involved had a great time!  The Columbia Theatre proved to be a viable theatre to hold such a show and I wouldn't be surprised if it became an important live music venue, just as Todd Simko always dreamed it could! ChukFoto photography We performed a short set (there were eight bands each night) that contained two new songs and two favorites from the Crumbling Hearts ep . Debuting for the very first time was the song written specifically in Todd's memory, Brotherhood as well as our new song Hardly Spoken (which we shared last week).  After...

We shall be celebrating the completion of our Smoke and Choke video with a show at the Media Club Thursday May30th, 2013.  Director (editor, producer...) Stefan Sigerson is nearing completion of his dystopia evoking piece and we are keen to share it.  The live show will also feature entirely new material from our forth coming full length.  We're taking the tested and proven route of performing the songs live before we commit to putting them on tape (hard drive). Joining on the evening shall be a showcase set from the beautifully voiced Badgerchild , guitar virtuoso Marc Wild performing a prepared guitar composition, and Blank Cinema to close the night with their brand of progressive angular rock. Thursday May 30th 2013 Media Club Tickets $8 Doors at 8:30 Badgerchild 9PM Marc Wild 9:30 Combine the Victorious 10PM Blank Cinema 11PM Facebook Event link Robert Edmonds  poster design. Smoke and Choke by Combine the Victorious

Here is a little interview, behind the scenes look at the writing and recording of our new five song EP Crumbling Hearts.  Video shot, edited and directed by Stefan Sigerson.

We released this song to coincide with our fantastic show at Electric Owl last month.  Written with the warm water memories of the Greek island Paros in mind, this is a summer love song from beginning to end. Thanks once again to the brilliant Robert Edmonds for his simple but effective artwork to accompany our song.  I think it's exactly the mood we were trying for! Combine the Victorious - PAROS (BE12015) Henning, Dunlop, Wild Produced and performed by Combine the Victorious Recorded and mixed by MRH at Imagined Aire Studio Mastered by Clayton Worbeck Artwork by Robert Edmonds original photography by Janis Nicolay Vocals, keyboards, bass: Mark Roland Henning Vocals: Isabelle Dunlop Drums: Simon Hunt Guitars: Marc Wild Paros by Combine the Victorious lyrics JP and Farrah were two young lovers who came together one night on Paros he was waiting tables she waited for him they ...

24 Mar 2010 The First Boutique Empire compilation: I've been putting together a compilation for Boutique Empire.  We now are the proud partners in Boutique Empire: Rec'10 .   It features 10 different bands, with new singles form Guilty About Girls " Candy Candy ", Combine the Victorious and a remastered version of New City Anthem from Sex With Strangers .  Also in the mix is Ingrid Schroeder (London), Gilles Zolty (Saskatoon) and Marc Wild (Vancouver) as well as a new single from Ten Suns (Vancouver) who Isabelle and I saw for the first time last night and they were brilliant.  Additionally there are songs from our new friends Chiwawa (Montreal) and Piper Davis (Calgary) and a remix from Lurch of the CtV song The Hours . Things are busy.  I'm playing a show with Jordy Birch this Friday in Victoria as Guilty About Girls and Isabelle just got back from Sex With Strangers' first appearance at SXSW.  We're also still trying to book...

14 Feb 2008 CtV band update. It's funny that even though Combine the Victorious has only been performing live for less than a year now we've gone through several band member changes. Our first gig, performed in our basement, had Todd Simko ( Pure 's guitarist) playing guitar with us. Then, after our debut show at Richard's on Richards, Jesse Smith moved away to Toronto to play with his brother in Birds of Wales . In stepped Kevin Jones , ( The February March 's drummer) as Jesse's replacement. He's still with us along with his brother Nick Jones on keyboards: in fact Nick is the only other member of CtV that's been with us from the first rehearsal. Our second guitarist, Marc Wild , gave us three excellent shows, two of which were at Richard's, but after a very hectic 2007, Marc wanted to focus on his own music this year and opted out of doing more live performances. Considering how busy the guy is, it's wasn't...